Phalon – Dance Floor Of Life (Jazze’s House Mix)

This Beat Is Mine! (*) Phalon – Dance Floor Of Life (Jazze’s House Mix) (Elektra)

Incredible as to how the work of this man back then (in 1990) has remained so underrated although he’d been working with countless luminaries. From 2Pac to LSG, Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes or Outkast to name but a few.
Taken from his one and only eponymous album which featured the awesome ‘Rising To The Top’, the infectious ‘Dance Floor Of Life. A jam given a smooth (Jazze’s) House reworking that would have deserved a way better treatment in terms of exposure. And what a message on top of that!
We won’t rewrite history of course, but thanks for givin’ this a mention in your columns…

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